A Tour Around the Windows Azure PlatformWade WegnerWindows Azure Technical Evangelisthttp://www.wadewegner.com/http://twitter.com/WadeWegner

Objectives

• Brief review of core services and concepts• Recent enhancements over the last 6 months• Demos of new services & features

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Windows Azure Platform

Provide the best and most comprehensive Platform as a Service offering for building, deploying, and running cloud applications

Open and Flexible

Leverage Existing Investments

Next Generation Applications

Windows Azure Platform Core Services

Compute • Scalable environment for running code• Enables .NET, C++, PHP, Ruby, Python, …• Automated service management

Storage • Scalable and highly available cloud storage• Blobs, Tables, Queues, Drives• REST APIs

Database • SQL Relational Database• Familiar programming model & tools

DEMOWindows Azure Platform Core Services

Windows Azure Platform

October 2008 June 2010November 2009

February 2010

• Updated Windows Azure CTP• Announced VM Role, Project

Sydney, and Windows Azure Platform pricing and SLAs• Enabled Full Trust & PHP, Java,

etc. applications• Project “Dallas” CTP

•Windows Azure Update• .NET Framework 4•OS Versioning• CDN

• SQL Azure Update• 50GB databases• Spatial data support•DAC support

Windows Azure Platform generally available

• Announced the Windows Azure Platform• First CTP of the Windows Azure Platform

Announced SQL Azure Relational DB

March 2009

Windows Azure November 2010 Update

• New Windows Azure Platform Management Portal• Multiple Service Administrators (co-admins)• Remote Desktop• Full IIS• Windows Server 2008 R2• Full IIS 7.0/7.5• Elevated Privileges• Windows Azure Connect (CTP)• Windows Azure Virtual Machine Role (beta)• Extra Small Instances (beta)

Full IIS

• Web Roles previously using Hosted Web Core• Only supported a single HTTP or HTTP endpoint

• Web roles now support Full IIS 7.05/7.5• Enables new scenarios• Multiple IIS web sites• Multiple virtual directories• Configure IIS extensions• Web Deploy for rapid development

Startup Tasks & Admin Mode

• Enables short, unattended setups on role startup• Silent MSIs, COM Components, Registry Keys, Configuring

Windows Server, etc.

DEMOUsing Startup Tasks

Windows Azure Content Delivery Network

Seattle, WA

Dublin, IELondon, GB

Newark, NJ

Amsterdam, NL

Sydney, AU

Hong Kong, HK

Miami, FL

Chicago, IL

San Antonio, TX

Bay Area, CALos Angeles, CA

Paris, FRZurich, CH

Vienna, AT

São Paulo, BR

Singapore, SG

Over 2 terabits per second of capacity is available at 99.95% availability from our 24 global locations. CDN service scales

automatically without user intervention

Taipei, TWN

Seoul, KR

North America Region Europe Region Asia Pacific Region

Stockholm, SE

Ashburn, VA

Tokyo, JP

$0.15 GB Ingress $0.01 per 10,000 transactions

$0.15 GB Ingress$0.01 per 10,000 transactions

$0.20 GB Ingress$0.01 per 10,000 transactions

Priced per GB transferred/month (prices shown in USD)

Moscow, RU

Doha, QT

Windows Azure CDN

• Enabled from the Windows Azure Platform portal• Integrated with Storage• Recent Enhancements:• Delivery from Windows Azure Compute instances• Https support

• CTP of Smooth Streaming (coming soon)

DEMOContent Delivery Network

Access Control Service 2.0

• Provide authn support using multiple identity providers• Easily integrate Live ID, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, & AD• Support for WS-Federation, WS-Trust, OpenID 2.0, Oauth 2.0

• Familiar & Consistent .NET Programming Model• Use the existing Windows Identity Foundation SDK & Runtime

• REST-based Service Management API• Integrate into your existing applications and control panels

• Now Available• No charge during promotion period ending January 1, 2012• Low cost after the promotion: $1.99 per 100,000 transactions

DEMOAccess Control Service 2.0

Windows Azure AppFabric Caching

• Distributed in-memory cache for Windows Azure apps• Integrate directly with the cache using a .NET client library• Session state provider for Windows Azure applications

• Caching provided as a building block service• Configure an AppFabric Namespace• Choose your cache size• Write code against the service

• Family & Consistent .NET APIs• Same APIs as Windows Server AppFabric

• Available in production by end of April• Start using the CTP today at http://portal.appfabriclabs.com/

DEMOWindows Azure AppFabric Caching

Cloud Data Services

SQL Azure Reporting

• SQL Server Reporting provided as a service• Reports authored using existing tools (BIDS)

and deployed to SQL Azure Reporting

SQL Azure Data Sync

• Data synchronization provided as a service• Sync to/from SQL Azure databases• Sync between SQL Server and SQL Azure

Windows Azure DataMarket

• Information marketplace for ISVs and IWs that provides trusted public domain & premium commercial data

• Now commercially available

Performance Matters

Windows Azure Traffic Manager

• Load balancing across multiple Hosted Services• Now available in CTP• Three scenarios enabled:

Performance

Directs the user to the best / closest deployment

Fault Tolerance

Redirects Traffice to another deployment based on availability

Round Robin

Traffic routed to deployments based on

fixed ratio

Managed Through the Portal

Windows Azure Platform Access

Introductory Trail

• Available through September 30th 2011

• Includes:• Compute: 750 extra small hours +

25 small• Storage: 20GB + 50K transactions• Data Transfer: 20GB in & 20GB

out• Database: 1GB Web Edition (90

days)• Sign-up: http://WindowsAzure.com/

Windows Azure Pass

• Free 30-day access to the platform• Includes

• Compute: 3 Small Instances• Storage: 3GB + 250K

transactions• Data Transfer: 3 GB in & 3GB

out• Database: 2 x 1GB Web Edition

• Sign-up: http://WindowsAzurePass.com

• Enter code: CloudCover

New & Updated MSDN Benefits

Ultimate Premium Professional

Compute 1500 hrs of small instances

1500 hrs of x-small instances

750 hrs of x-small instances

Storage 30GB 25GB 20GB

Transactions 2M 1M 250K

Bandwidth 35GB/35GB 30GB/30GB 25GB/25GB

Database 5GB Web Edition 1GB Web Edition 1GB Web Edition

Resources

• Windows Azure Platform Training Kit April 2011 Update• http://bit.ly/WAPTKApr11

• Windows Azure Accelerator for Umbraco• http://bit.ly/WAAUmbraco

• Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7• http://bit.ly/WAToolkitWP7

• BidNow Sample• http://bit.ly/BidNowSample

Start Developing on the Windows Azure Platform

1. Activate your Benefits (see previous slide)

2. Get the Tools via http://tinyurl.com/toolsforazure

3. First learn how to create an application via http://tinyurl.com/deployazureapplication

Get Started with Windows Azure For Free Today!

• MSDN Subscriber• Activate Your Free Included MSDN Benefits via

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• Individual: • Get a Free Azure Introductory via http://tinyurl.com/freeintroazureoffer

• Free Computation hours and Storage

• Get 30 Days Free Windows Azure via http://www.windowsazurepass.com• Select Belgium and enter Promo code: AZP001

• Partner• Get free monthly access to Azure with Partner Cloud Essentials via

http://www.microsoftcloudpartner.com/

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